Human Resources Business Partner

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking proactive Human Resources Business Partners to lead strategic and operational HR activity across Clinical Service Units. You will work with senior managers to support workforce planning and transformation, and to deliver a high-quality HR service trust-wide.

The post holder will shape policies, manage the HR Operations and Admin teams, and act as a driver of workforce information and improvement, ensuring timely consultation under

Qualifications

• Experience of HR Business Partnering in a complex organisational environment.
• Extensive knowledge of organisational change and transformation.
• Experience advising on employee relations cases.
• Experience with Trade Unions.
• NHS HR advisory experience.
• Experience advising on terms for Medical and Dental Staff.
• Experience working with Board Members.

Responsibilities

• Lead on strategic and operational HR activity across the assigned area.
• Develop workforce strategies and workforce plans.
• Act as change agent and lead staff consultations.
• Lead for all people-related change projects (structure, TUPE, redundancies).
• Support forward planning, workforce modernisation and transformation.

Skills

HR Business Partnering

Stakeholder management

Change management

Trade unions

NHS experience

Board liaison

Education

CIPD Level 7 Diploma

CIPD Chartered Member

Graduate degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Employer Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Heaton House Town Bradford Salary £57,528 - £64,750 N/A Salary period Yearly Closing 12/10/2026 23:59

Human Resources Business Partner

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Closing Date: 12.10.26 (this may change dependent on response).

Shortlisting to take place following closing date commencing13.10.26

Interview expected to take place in the week commencing19.10.26

We are seeking to recruit proactive and enthusiastic Human Resources Business Partners to lead on strategic and operational HR activity across Clinical Service Units. The post holders will play a key role in the overall delivery of HR activities trust-wide and contribute to the development of the HR Department as a whole.

Working collaboratively with senior managers the post holders will work with service leads to support forward planning, workforce modernisation and transformation and act as a driver of workforce information and improvement.

Main duties of the job

To lead on strategic and operational HR activity across the assigned area, play a key role in the overall delivery of strategic and operational HR activities trust-wide and contribute to the development of the HR Department as a whole. Responsible for designing and delivering of the strategic and operational HR plan for the assigned area of responsibility.

To lead on the development, planning and implementation of National, Regional, Place-based and Trust HR change initiatives and programmes, including development and implementation of effective policies which best fit the needs of a successful and developing organisation. Manage staff within the HR Operations Team and the HR Admin Team in order to ensure the effective operation of the team and seamless patient focussed delivery of the service across the Trust.

Working for our organisation

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To develop workforce strategies based on service needs and key priorities, and key workforce issues and profiles, which support the delivery of the Trust People Strategy and annual plans and the national People Plan.

Working as Business Partner, contribute to the annual business planning process, identifying workforce priorities that support and enable the area’s objectives.

Being a proactive ‘change agent’ – working alongside managers to bring about changes to services and people approaches ensuring that timely and appropriate employee consultation is initiated in line with policies, procedures and legislation. To act as the HR lead for all people related change projects within the designated area including; structure, role and service changes, redundancies, TUPE transfers and any other change initiatives impacting on staff.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of HR Business Partnering in a complex organisational environment
• Highly specialist knowledge of a range of complex HR topics including organisational change, transformation, etc.
• Significant experience of managing and advising on a diverse range of employee relations cases
• Experience of working with Trade Unions
• Previous experience of having worked in HR advisory role within the NHS.
• Experience of having dealt with and advised on the terms and conditions for Medical and Dental Staff and MHPS
• Experience of having worked with and advised Board Members

Skills

• Ability to prioritise and manage a heavy, varied and unpredictable workload on a day to day basis, responding to changes at short notice

Knowledge

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of Agenda for Change

Qualifications

• Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development Level 7 Diploma (or equivalent).
• Chartered member of the CIPD
• Graduate-level education or significant equivalent experience.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.